Paul Wechlin

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Paul Wechlin
Personal information
Full name Paul Wechlin
Date of birth(1920-02-10)10 February 1920
Place of birth Basel Switzerland
Date of death 4 July 2013(2013-07-04) (aged 93)
Place of death Basel Switzerland
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Youth career
1934–1939 FC Basel
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1939–1949 FC Basel 52 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Paul Wechlin (10 February 1920 - 4 July 2013) was a Swiss footballer who played for FC Basel. He played as goalkeeper. [1]

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Football career

Wechlin played his youth football by FC Basel and joined the first team during their 1939–40 season under first team co-managers Walter Dietrich and Max Galler. He played his domestic league debut for the club in the away game on 10 September 1939 as Basel won 4–2 against Aarau. [2]

During his time with Basel he shared the goalkeeping in the beginning with Kurt Imhof and Silvio Cinguetti later with Walter Müller. Between the years 1939 and 1949 Wechlin played a total of 80 games for Basel. 52 of these games were in the Nationalliga and 1. Liga, seven in the Swiss Cup and 21 were friendly games. [3]

Private life

As was customary at that time, the players were amateurs and pursued a civil profession. Wechlin worked as a sign painter and later as a painter and decorator. After his active football career he served as referee until 1970. Welchlin lived all his life in the district Wettstein in Kleinbasel, close to Basels home stadium Landhof. [4] [5]

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References

  1. ↑ Bachmann, Paul (2013). "Fotogalerie: Als Erinnerung an Paul Wechlin, 10. Februar 1920 bis 4. Juli 2013" [Photo gallery: In memory of Paul Wechlin, 10 February 1920 to 4 July 2013] (in German). Retrieved 4 November 2023.
  2. ↑ Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. "FC Aarau - FC Basel 2:4 (1:3)". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 16 November 2019.
  3. ↑ Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. "Paul Wechlin - FCB-Statistik". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 16 November 2019.
  4. ↑ FC Basel 1893. "Frueherer FCB Torhueter Paul Wechlin gestorben". FC Basel homepage. Retrieved 16 November 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  5. ↑ FC Basel 1893 (15 August 2013). "Nachruf Paul Wechlin" [Obituary Paul Wechlin] (in German). FC Basel 1893 AG. Retrieved 4 November 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

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